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Fast om det var över en miljard människor som påstod att det fanns flygande grisar med den övertygelse som de kristna, muslimer och judar har om att det finns en gud. Borde det då inte vara upp till de skeptiska att bevisa motsatsen?
I Europa var man länge övertygad om att det inte fanns några svarta svanar. Sen seglade man till Australien.

In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for "appeal to the people") is a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or most people believe it. In other words, the basic idea of the argument is: "If many believe so, it is so."
This type of argument is known by several names,[1] including appeal to the masses, appeal to belief, appeal to the majority, appeal to democracy, appeal to popularity, argument by consensus, consensus fallacy, authority of the many, and bandwagon fallacy, and in Latin as argumentum ad numerum ("appeal to the number"), and consensus gentium ("agreement of the clans"). It is also the basis of a number of social phenomena, including communal reinforcement and the bandwagon effect. The Chinese proverb "three men make a tiger" concerns the same idea.
This fallacy is sometimes committed while trying to convince a person that a widely popular thought is true.
Nine out of ten of my constituents oppose the bill, therefore it is a bad idea.
Fifty million Elvis fans can't be wrong.
Everyone's doing it.
In a court of law, the jury vote by majority; therefore they will always make the correct decision.
Many people buy extended warranties, therefore it is wise to buy them.
Millions of people believe in God.
The majority of this country voted for this President, therefore this president can't be wrong